12 Months Old

This big guy turned one over a month ago & I have been a bad mommy & not posted about it yet..........life is crazy with 2 little head strong guys running around this house & even though I wouldn't change any of it for the world some days I could use about another 3 hours in the day to just sit & collect my thoughts!!

Colton is a pure joy, he has the best laugh & smile & he shows them all the time.  He is a carefree little guy 98% of the time but the other 2% is complete breakdowns because I am late with his food..........HE LOVES FOOD & I best not be late getting it made or else.  He eats anything & everything; he is leaning away veggies at the moment but loves fruits & anything that has pasta in it is heavenly to him.

He has so much energy & thinks that he is a big as Brayden & can keep up with him; he even thinks that he can run like his big bro but he has the bumps on his head that proves he is still a bit wobbly in the running department.  He is in 18/24 month clothing & wearing a size 4 shoe..............I have a crazy suspicion that he is going to be a BIG BOY.

Colton is a mommy's boy most of the time but it seems that when daddy walks through the door I become chopped liver.  Lance has such a crazy work schedule & with Colton going to bed at 8pm he doesn't see Lance for more that 30 minutes a day so he makes sure that when he sees him he gets all the loving he can.  Our poor little guy has actually been under the weather for about a month with an ear infection that he just couldn't shake but he is better now & getting back to his old cheerful self!!

He is talking & babbling so much; he has still not said momma but says daddy, no-no, yes, point to shoe & tries to say it & says juice.......kind of.  He really just bangs on the fridge saying something that sounds close to juice until I get it for him!!  He is in the 95% percentile in height & weight; he weighs 24 pounds & it 31 inches tall.  He really is such a big little guy.............Lance is hoping he'll be a linebacker.  He loves, loves, loves to be outside & prefers to be there more than inside or anywhere else.  If he sees me let the pups out he'll start running for the door wanting to go too & if he doesn't get to go lays on the floor throwing a fit.  He is pretty good at the fit throwing at this point.  He is testing he boundary's & limits a good bit but will hopefully learn mommy is the boss & not him.................RIGHT!!!!

The boy doesn't sit still & loves to copy everything that B does (so we are in trouble).  He loves Brayden so much & follows him around where ever he goes.  B calls him baby & loves him too but of course doesn't want him to touch his stuff!!  Colton lights up the room & our hearts each & everyday & he is just a true & pure blessing to our family.  He is growing up & changing so fast & it makes me sad as much as it makes to smile & happy.

Here is Colton a few days after he was born laying on the same bear.............tears at the difference & at the fact that he is no longer considered a baby but a toddler!

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April 2011

May 2012 

Same doorway.............same kid...............a year later

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Colton's 1st Birthday party was this past Sunday & it was a blast..............

more photos to come of course!!

Happy Birthday Colton.

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I'm A Dirty Girl & Proud of It!!!

This past weekend was a part of an amazingly fun event; The Dirty Girl Mud Run.  It is a 5k with crazy obstacles & of course mud & a portion of the proceeds raised are given to the National Breast Cancer Foundation..............so I got to play in the mud like a kid for a good cause & it was more fun than I could have ever imagined!!

My sister in law asked me to do it a few months ago with her & her friends from church & I agreed without really knowing anything about it but as I looked into it I got nervous & did I mention that I had NEVER run a 5k in my life??  I was pretty proud of myself when it was all said & done.  I ran the majority of it & could only NOT to one of the obstacles; it was a tube & I couldn't make my claustrophobic booty get in it.

Here we are at the second obstacle...........getting down & dirty for the 1st time.

Not all the obstacles made you get messy but they were all a challenge.

Here I am crossing the finish line.............all dirty & smiley.  I enjoyed it so much that I am going to look into running an actual 5k.  Does that make me crazy??

If you have the opportunity to do something like this I would said GO FOR IT.  It was a great way to give money to an amazingly needed cause like Breast Cancer, a great way to spend my morning & get some exercise too.

Clowning Around

These are some of the other photos of Colton from when I was trying to get his birthday card photo; he did pretty well for the most part.............

 

Isn't he handsome??

   
 

But the nose & wig really threw him for a loop & got over it pretty quickly at that point. 

I can not believe that our little guy is going to be one in a little less than 3 weeks..............CRAZY!!

Easter Fun in the Sun

We enjoyed such a great Easter this year; this was Colton's first Easter & it was also the first Easter that B has actually enjoyed the traditional kid fun Easter things!!  I decided to do buckets for them this year instead of baskets; I figure we can use the buckets this summer & on vacation & then maybe next year will be the year that I get them the fancy ones that we pull out every year.

I put their name on one side & their initial on the other................cute??

Colton liked the basket but LOVED the grass in the bottom more!!

  B loved his stuff too but when he realized that the bunny was chocolate he was in heaven & took the ears right off the poor little guy.

I love that Colton wanted to read his card even if he just looked at it & then tried to eat it.

We pulled out B's table & the hard boiled eggs & let B & the neighbor kids dye them.  B lacked patience when it came to leaving the eggs alone to soak up the color but he did better than I thought he would & the eggs turned out alright.

When we were done with the egg dying we moved onto the Easter Egg hunt.  B LOVED the eggs that I found that you squeeze & confetti goes every where the most.

Colton even got in on the fun & PaPa helped him find an egg or two.

We had an amazingly yummy dinner that & played outside for most of the day............it was the best Easter with the boys to date!!

I thought I would share that Lance brought me home the most beautiful tulips too............isn't he sweet!!

Come One Come All........

I think that everyone has received their invite in the mail so I am very excited to show off Colton's 1st Birthday Party theme & invitation................

Of course I went to Pixel Perfect Boutique for the design since she has designed everything for me; including Brayden's 1st birthday invitation. She always does an amazing job & I would trust anyone else with such an important event!!

Wordless Wednesday; Easter Crafts

I LOVE how everything turned out!!!

11 Months Old

Holy crap in a month this little guy will 1 year old...........a whole 12 months will have gone by in the blink of an eye.  I am really looking forward to his party but am sad at the same time.  It is true what they say about them growing up so fast; he will be 5 & heading off to kindergarten before I know it & oh how the tears will fall down this momma's face when that happens.

Colton is almost walking & a speed demon crawler.  He has taken a few steps here & there but doesn't seem to have his balance under control just yet.  He loves to giggle & has the best belly laugh I've heard for being so little.  He has figured out that he likes real food & prefers to try to feed himself when ever possible.  I am still giving him 3rd foods 3 times a day but he likes to feed himself apples, strawberries, bananas, carrots & even chicken.  The kid LOVES food & loves his independence already. He claps when you say "yeah" & loves when I sing to him.

He is taking one long nap a day & thankfully it has worked out to be the same time that B naps so I am in nap heaven finally.  Colton is no different than his brother & every time the door opens to outside he wants to go out & play.  It is hard at the moment since he is not walking to keep both entertained since I drag his walker outside & he wanders without fear but he can be contained by putting him on the grass.  He will sit & pull it out of the ground forever.  He is also like his big brother in the water area; the hose comes out & I get huge smiles & laughs.  The water is still a bit cold but I really don't think kids have a sense of that while they are playing.

Colton has finally also gotten on a great nightly sleeping schedule; he goes down at 8 & is up around 6 UNLESS he is teething & then it gets a bit earlier.  He has 5 teeth & it seems like more are coming because the drool is just pouring out of his little mouth.  There is literally a line on the floor that follows his crawling path...............gross I know but what can I do?  He is wearing 12 month shorts but 18 month tops & size 3 shoes.  He is a long lean little thing!!

Colton loves his brother with all of his heart & the way that he looks at him is with such admiration already; I only wish B looked at him the same way.  We are still struggling with B sharing & poor Colton gets pushed over or popped by B at least a few times a day.  B goes strait to timeout when this happens & then has to hug, kiss & say sorry to his baby brother & we are hoping this will pass very quickly.

Colton is happy about 95% of the time & is all boy all the time.  He has a smile that can light up a room.  He is trying to talk & be heard already.  He says "da-da", "no-no" (& shakes his head while saying it), we get a j sound for juice & has attempted "ma-ma" a few times but I'm not sure if he is really saying it or if just babbling & that is what I want to hear.

We are so lucky to have these little guys in our lives & I feel blessed each & every day that I spend with them.  I am really looking forward to Colton Circus Party next month & will post his invite once everyone receives theirs in the mail.